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Ghosts of Van Nuys Blvd













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Some of the cars that cruised Van Nuys Blvd in it's Heyday
















  Looking for pictures and information on cars that cruised the boulevard in the 60's and 70's. If you would like to see your car listed here, hot rods, muscle cars, lowriders...whatever customized car you were driving back then, send us a picture along with some info on the car to wildbunchcarclub@aol.com We'll be happy to put it up for you....
















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Fantasia...One of the wildest cars to cruise the Blvd...Big block Ford, Top-loader  4-speed, 9 inch Locker rear end...Built by "Got'cha", later owned by Bill Thompson...Whereabouts today...Unknown...

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Tony Noto's '51 Austin

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Tony Noto's '67 Nova..."Time in a Bottle"...

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The Noto family car since new in '62... 406, Tri-Power, 4-speed...And still in the family today...

   
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BUILT 65-67 ... 30A 327SBC... MONDELLO HEADS 13.75 COMP ...ALUM RODS
... B/M HYDROSTICK ...5.86 OLDS REAR SUMMERS BROS SPOOL&AXLES ...USED BOTH EDELBROCK&WEIAND TUNNEL RAMS
[NITROUS HIDDEN INSIDE WEIAND TUNNEL 3BARREL HOLLY]
STILL HAVE THE CAR I'M 64>JOHN LINDSTROM SO CAL

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This one came to us a little vague on the info...Says Rick with '55 Chevy, 327, 4 speed, 4:56 gears...

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Peter Koretz sent this picture of his '65 Corvette. 327/365hp, 4 speed and triple tail lights along with a '67 Stinger hood. Picture was taken on Van Nuys Blvd. across from the Federal Building

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This is Peter's '78 Z28...Picture was also taken on Van Nuys Blvd...

     
     
     

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Mike Klop's '68 VW van. With 57 SCREAMING  horses under the hood...

Don't open it up, you'll let 'em out!

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Edee with Mike 1975

1968 VW "Sundial" (after-market) Camper Bus, which my Dad bought new in '68 at a VW dealer in Montebello.
I added U.S. Mags, shag carpeting, fur bedspread,
hang 10 pedals and 8 Track Quadrophonic sound .
No engine mods (except for a chrome air filter bay).
 And mike's dad radiused the rear wheel wells....

   
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Rikki Kirchner sent us some shots of the '73 Celica she cruised in 1979.  Now I know it's an import, but the styling reeks 70's with the bubble flares,  Vector wheels and Farrah hair. AND it was cruised on Van Nuys Blvd. I am happy to report that Rikki now goes the other way.

No not that!...She drives an American car...

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Sent by N.Eszensky

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This is our 1970 BOSS 429 posing for this picture. Purchased new by Andy&Nancy Eszenszky in 1970. Of course this is the Lions dragstrip, but we made the appearance at Orange county and the old Irwindale when it was a quarter mile dragstrip. Our BOSS 429 cruised Van Nuys Blvd  a lot I used to work at the G.M. plant on Van Nuys Blvd the second shift and the wife and my son would meet me for lunch.